The Mars Volta: Noctourniquet

The Mars Volta has made a career out of creating intricate, highly conceptual music that confounds just as much as it intrigues. Their records are usually intended to be examined as a whole rather than on a track-by-tack basis, and they can rarely be properly digested on a first listen. Thus far, the band has been successful at producing some of the most challenging-yet-rewarding albums in recent memory. With their sixth LP Noctourniquet, The Mars Volta seems to be travelling down the same path, producing a record that is most-definitely challenging. The question is whether or not it will prove rewarding as well.  read more

Listen to a New Mars Volta Clip, “The Malkin Jewel”

Although the full YouTube stream of the new Mars Volta song, “The Malkin Jewel” (which premiered on Australia’s Triple J radio show) has already been removed, the experimental prog-rock band still has a snippet posted on SoundCloud.  read more